Snow Leopard : print drivers for Canon PM620

I've got an MP620 and it's working fine in Snow Leopard. I did reinstall the CUPS Driver 10.11.2, ScanGear 14.5.0 and Printer Driver 7.12.2 from this page. Then I added the printer again in System Preferences. You have to wait a few moments before it shows up under More Printers (the button itself takes a moment to pop up).

In fact, printing and scanning wirelessly with the MP620 are working better than with Leopard.

HI and welcome to Apple Discussions...

Sorry to hear you are having problems with your printer.

Just so you are aware. It is not Apple's responsibility to update 3rd party software such as printer drivers. This holds true for the hardware sold at the online Apple store. That is up to Canon to update their drivers to be compatible with 10.6.

Also, if you have any 3rd party software, not just drivers for printers that you have on your Mac, Apple is not responsible for updating their software either.

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From here:

10.6 Incompatible Software

Check Epson for printers. They have already updated most of their models to be 10.6 compatible.

*"Apple state in their literature that Snow leopard will make sure that the most up to date software is available."*

They are referring to the Mac OS X system software. Not 3rd party software. "Snow Leopard" ...








Carolyn 🙂

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Bless you for posting a "work around" ... I hope this helps the OP.






Carolyn 🙂

My MP620 works fine with a USB connection. I have tried the latest CUPS drivers from Canon, but nothing will print; though I can see the printer/scanner over wifi, so that's promising at least - hopefully the full drivers and software will be released by Canon soon.

I have the same printer and the drivers were installed automatically for both USB and wireless connections. I have a mac hosting it currently but it also worked when connected to an airport base station.

I did exactly as cyvi937 suggested with my MP620, since I had the same problem after upgrading to Snow Leopard. From the Canon Europe support site (http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010642.asp), I downloaded cups driver 10.11.2, print driver 7.12.2, and scan gear 14.5.0 (the actual filename that downloaded seems to be 14.7.0, by the way). I installed them in the order listed above, added the printer, and tested wireless printing and wireless scanning. Both worked fine. I have not tested the USB connection, as the printer and iMac are in different rooms and I always use that printer wirelessly anyway. Thanks for the great solution.

Installing the cups driver usually isn't recomended unless you have a specific need for it.

I have an MP610, I know not the same, but going to Canon and downloading the updates worked great for me.

Dave

sin: according to who? I find the cups drivers are in some cases better then the manufacturers drivers. I have also read else where that some manufacturers actually re-package the cups drivers as their own. Not sure if this is true or not but it was interesting just the same.